{"id":58519,"date":"2022-08-28T03:52:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T03:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jacoby-brissett-gets-no-help-from-anthony-schwartz-in-the-browns-21-20-loss-to-the-bears-in-the-preseason-finale\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T03:52:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T03:52:58","slug":"jacoby-brissett-gets-no-help-from-anthony-schwartz-in-the-browns-21-20-loss-to-the-bears-in-the-preseason-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jacoby-brissett-gets-no-help-from-anthony-schwartz-in-the-browns-21-20-loss-to-the-bears-in-the-preseason-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacoby Brissett gets no help from Anthony Schwartz in the Browns’ 21-20 loss to the Bears in the preseason finale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 The best that can be said about Jacoby Brissett in his lone appearance of the preseason is that he made it out unscathed.<\/p>\n

After banging his right throwing hand on a defender in practice on Thursday but quickly shaking it off, Brissett emerging healthy from the 21-20 loss to the Bears in Saturday’s preseason finale was an enormous accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, not many conclusions can be drawn from his six series in the first half.<\/p>\n

Brissett, who will start the opener in Carolina Sept. 11, completed only 13 of 23 attempts for 109 yards with no touchdowns and one interception for a dismal 50.8 rating.<\/p>\n

But his biggest problem on the night was second-year receiver Anthony Schwartz, who caught 1 of 6 targets for 8 yards and dropped three passes, including one that was batted at the line but hit him in the hands. Heading into the game, he had been credited with three drops in the first two preseason games, including two in the opener in Jacksonville. The targets were a team-high during Brissett’s stint.<\/p>\n

\u201cJacoby did a nice job in the first half,\u201d Browns GM Andrew Berry said on the News5 telecast. \u201cHe Made good decisions. He delivered the ball accurately. Obviously, we’ve got to help him out a little bit at the skill positions. I was pleased with his individual performance, but that does n’t mean that there is n’t room to grow. \u201d<\/p>\n

Berry noted that Brissett, 14-23 as a starter, probably won’t run as much as Deshaun Watson will when he returns for the final six games.<\/p>\n

\u201cKevin (Stefanski) and the coaching staff, they do a really nice job of building the offense around the quarterback’s skill set,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we’ll probably see a little bit less of the QB run stuff that we would have with Deshaun with Jacoby. But Jacoby is really good in the play-action game, the play-action shot world, and we think that’s one area where we can accentuate his strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Schwartz’ third and final drop, an easy pass over the middle on third-and-9, he was roundly booed by the home crowd \u2014 certainly not what a young player struggling with his confidence needs. Cade York picked up the mood with 57-yard field goal on the next play that put the Browns on the board at 21-3 with 1:25 left in the half.<\/p>\n